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Business grants and support in Redcar and Cleveland

Including Eston and Guisborough

As of 1 November 2026, 311 schemes are open to businesses in Redcar and Cleveland; 8 of them are only for Redcar and Cleveland or Tees Valley. Updated 1 Nov 2026.

In October 2026, no scheme only for Redcar and Cleveland or Tees Valley opened or closed.

What opened and closed across the North East this monthTalk to someone in Redcar and Cleveland

For Redcar and Cleveland 1 scheme

Schemes for Redcar and Cleveland alone, not for the whole of Tees Valley.

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Business Redcar Cleveland

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Business engagement service of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, providing support to businesses at every stage, from pre-start and start-up through to established companies and inward investors.

Area
Redcar and ClevelandLocal Landscape rating 6 out of 10

Shared with neighbouring councils 1 scheme

Schemes for Redcar and Cleveland and other council areas named with it, such as a loan fund for several districts.

Open all yearLoan

Teesside Flexible Investment Fund

FW Capital

Short-term finance of £100,000 to £2 million, managed by FW Capital, for businesses with a material presence in or delivering economic benefit to Teesside. Interest-only terms, suited to funding advance payment guarantees, performance bonds or contract-related cash flow.

Amount
£100,000 to £2,000,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-TeesLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10

Across Tees Valley 11 schemes

Open to businesses anywhere in Tees Valley, Redcar and Cleveland included.

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Digital Edge (Level 4 Non-Regulated Advanced Digital Marketing)

Enterprise Made Simple

Flexible training programme of up to 16 weeks to build Level 4 advanced digital marketing skills, delivered by Enterprise Made Simple. Open to adults aged 19 and over; fully funded for independent learners and self-employed, 90% funded for small and medium-sized businesses, 70% funded for large businesses.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
Tees Valley, York and North YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
Open all yearGrant

SWEF Business Grant

SWEF

Grants of up to £500 for pre-revenue businesses or up to £2,000 for established businesses, for young people aged 18–30 living in County Durham or Tees Valley.

Amount
£500 to £2,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
County Durham, Tees ValleyLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

The Freelancer Network

Tees Valley Combined Authority, Tees Valley Creates

A support service listed by Tees Valley Combined Authority for established businesses, social enterprises and start-ups in the creative, cultural, digital and tech sectors, with help on finance and funding, business planning and networking.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
Tees ValleyLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Open all yearLoan

UKSE business loans

UK Steel Enterprise

Business loans from UKSE for businesses in steel areas, at fixed interest rates: unsecured loans of up to £200,000 for a growing business, or up to £100,000 for a new one, and secured loans.

Amount
£35,000 to £200,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Tees Valley, County Durham, Cumberland, South Yorkshire, Hull and East Yorkshire, North LincolnshireLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearInvestment

UKSE equity investment

UK Steel Enterprise

Equity investment from UKSE for businesses in steel areas: up to £1 million on a first round for a growing business, or up to £250,000 for a new one. UKSE takes only minority stakes and rarely asks for personal guarantees.

Amount
£35,000 to £1,000,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Tees Valley, County Durham, Cumberland, South Yorkshire, Hull and East Yorkshire, North LincolnshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
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Business Enterprise Fund

Business Enterprise Fund

Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) is a not-for-profit social enterprise providing flexible loans to SMEs across the North East and Yorkshire when mainstream lenders cannot fully assist. Start-up loans range from £500 to £25,000, and unsecured growth loans go up to £250,000.

Amount
£500 to £250,000
Area
Tees ValleyLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
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Business Industrial Competitiveness Scheme

Tees Valley Combined Authority

From 2027, BICS will reduce electricity costs by up to £40 per megawatt hour for eligible manufacturing businesses in the Industrial Strategy's growth sectors and foundational manufacturing industries that meet the relevant electricity intensity threshold. It also exempts eligible businesses from paying the indirect costs of the renewables obligation, capacity market and feed-in tariff.

Amount
Up to £40
Area
Tees ValleyLocal Landscape rating 6 out of 10
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Mercia Capital

Mercia

Mercia is a specialist asset manager providing venture, private equity and debt finance to growing regional businesses across the North East and Tees Valley. Its equity investments are typically from £100,000 to £2 million.

Amount
£100,000 to £2,000,000
Area
Tees ValleyLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
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Mercia Capital equity investment

Mercia

Mercia Capital, a specialist asset manager, provides equity investments, typically from £100,000 to £2 million, to growing regional businesses at start-up or scale-up stage that cannot be fully funded through conventional borrowing.

Amount
£100,000 to £2,000,000
Area
Yorkshire and the Humber, Tees ValleyLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
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NEL Fund Managers

NEL Fund Managers

NEL's funds invest in ambitious growing businesses with a finance gap from £25,000, investing up to £2m, and can form part of a larger funding round with other investors.

Amount
£25,000 to £2,000,000
Area
Tees ValleyLocal Landscape rating 6 out of 10
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Start-up Loans – British Enterprise Fund

Business Enterprise Fund

Government-backed Start-up Loans of up to £25,000 with 12 months of free mentoring, delivered by Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) as an approved delivery partner for the Government's Start Up Loans scheme. Aimed at founders who may struggle to access conventional finance.

Amount
Up to £25,000
Area
Tees ValleyLocal Landscape rating 6 out of 10

Need to talk to someone?

Local services that help businesses in Redcar and Cleveland. Each number is from the organisation's own website.

  1. Business Tees Valley

    Links Tees Valley businesses to support, funding and expertise; officers advise SMEs wanting to grow.

    See Tees Valley Combined Authority on Local Landscape

    01325 792600

  2. Business Redcar Cleveland (Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council)

    Council team helping businesses start, grow and invest in Redcar and Cleveland.

    See Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council on Local Landscape

    01642 444366

Your chamber of commerce: North East England Chamber of Commerce (0300 303 6322)

Across North East England or the whole North 34 schemes

For the whole region or the North, Redcar and Cleveland included. The soonest to close first.

All 34 in the funding list

National schemes 264 schemes

Open to businesses across England or the UK, including Redcar and Cleveland.

Closing in the next 30 days

Open to businesses in Redcar and Cleveland, local and national, soonest first.

Narrow it to your business

What it does, how long it has been going, how many people work there, what it needs help with and what it is looking for: the best matches in Redcar and Cleveland come first.

Business events in and near Redcar and Cleveland

In-person events in the next 30 days in Redcar and Cleveland, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.

Within about five miles

  • Tue 3 Nov

    Employment Law Changes I Need to Know About as an Employer

    Springboard Business Centre · about 3 miles outside · York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub

Events for Redcar and Cleveland, week by weekOnline events

Places to work and meet in Redcar and Cleveland

Coworking spaces, incubators and workspaces a business can use, and venues to hire for a meeting, training day or event, each from its own website. Those with a known address are dots on the map below.

Workspaces (2)

Event venues to hire (6)

  • Loftus Town Hall

    Community venue · Loftus · Seats up to 30 (carpeted meeting room); seats up to 150 (first floor function room)

    Meeting rooms, event space and catering

  • Materials Processing Institute

    Managed offices · Middlesbrough

    Private offices, meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, event space and catering

  • Redcar Racecourse

    Conference centre · Redcar

    A conference hall, exhibition space and catering

  • Saltburn Arts

    Arts venue · Saltburn-by-the-Sea · Meeting Room: 24 or 40; Hall: 120

    Meeting rooms

  • Skelton Civic Hall

    Community venue · Skelton · Concert style up to 300 people; cabaret style up to 200 people

    Meeting rooms and catering

  • Sunnyfield House Community Centre

    Community venue · Guisborough

    Meeting rooms, training rooms and catering

All 7 workspaces and venues in Redcar and Cleveland, on a map

No business in Redcar and Cleveland has listed itself yet. Is yours here? List it, free: we read your website to say what you do and put you on the map.

Networks and communities for businesses in Redcar and Cleveland

Groups and memberships a business here can join, then the networks and chambers based here.

Organisations that support businesses in Redcar and Cleveland

Councils first, then the organisations with the most schemes open here.

Towns in Redcar and Cleveland

Each town's page shows the businesses listed there, its events, places to work and meet, and the local schemes for businesses.

Where Redcar and Cleveland is

Local Landscape gathers these details automatically from public web pages, and only some have been checked by a person, so check them with the organisation before you apply. Part of Tees Valley. Show open funding for Redcar and Cleveland on your website. Every area